Two Lights

By James Roberts,

Book cover of Two Lights: Walking Through Landscapes of Loss and Life

Book description

An extraordinary account of searching for the wildness left in our world - spanning continents and geological eras, skies and oceans, animals and birds, and even the planets and stars.

With dizzying acuity and insight Roberts paints a portrait of a life and its landscapes, creating precious connections with wildā€¦

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Why read it?

1 author picked Two Lights as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

ā€œFor the beauty that remains in spite of everything.ā€ (p 205.)

Two Lights is James Robertsā€™ illustrated offering of thanksgiving for both the transience and permanence of the natural world; for the grace of a glimpse of a wolf on a lonely highway; for dusk falling over a river; for the unchanging stars. Written at a time of great personal uncertainty and possible loss, Roberts writes about finding meaning in his relationship with wild things and places.

Two Lights speaks to me; I share Robertsā€™ experience with finding solace and hope in the natural world; in finding joy even inā€¦

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